2004 British Grand Prix
Race 11 of 18 in the 2004 Formula One World Championship
Silverstone Circuit in its 2004 configuration
Silverstone Circuit in its 2004 configuration
Race details
Date 11 July 2004
Official name 2004 Formula 1 Foster's British Grand Prix[1]
Location Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent Road Facility
Course length 5.141 km (3.194 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 308.355 km (191.603 miles)
Weather Cloudy, Air: 17 °C (63 °F), Track 27 °C (81 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:18.233
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:18.739 on lap 14
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2004 British Grand Prix (formally the 2004 Formula 1 Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit on 11 July 2004. It was Race 11 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Background

The race was preceded by a demonstration of contemporary Formula One cars on Regent Street[3][4] in London, including former British Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell driving the Jordan EJ14.[5] The event attracted an estimated 500,000 spectators.[6]

The event was also notable for the death of Minardi Sporting Director John Walton, who died of a heart attack following the street demonstration, causing the Minardi team to withdraw its cars from Saturday's early practice session.

Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Constructor Nat Driver
BAR-Honda United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Sauber-Petronas -
Jaguar-Cosworth Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Toyota Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Ford Germany Timo Glock
Minardi-Cosworth Belgium Bas Leinders

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap Grid
1 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.639 1:18.233 — 1
2 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:24.817 1:18.305 +0.072 2
3 9 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:18.872 1:18.580 +0.347 3
4 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.293 1:18.710 +0.477 4
5 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault 1:21.496 1:18.715 +0.482 5
6 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.923 1:18.811 +0.578 161
7 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.521 1:19.148 +0.915 6
8 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:34.386 1:19.378 +1.145 7
9 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:28.910 1:19.688 +1.455 8
10 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:35.853 1:20.004 +1.771 9
11 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:19.317 1:20.202 +1.969 10
12 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota 1:19.697 1:20.335 +2.102 172
13 4 Spain Marc Gené Williams-BMW 1:34.981 1:20.335 +2.102 11
14 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:22.507 1:20.545 +2.312 12
15 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:38.648 1:21.559 +3.326 13
16 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 1:21.350 1:22.458 +4.225 14
17 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford No time 1:22.677 +4.444 15
18 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:22.529 1:23.437 +5.204 181
19 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:23.116 1:24.117 +5.884 191
20 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas No time No time No time 201
Source:[7]
Notes

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 60 1:24:42.700 4 10
2 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 60 +2.130 1 8
3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 60 +3.114 2 6
4 9 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 60 +10.683 3 5
5 3 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 60 +12.173 7 4
6 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas 60 +12.888 20 3
7 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 60 +19.668 6 2
8 14 Australia Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 60 +23.701 9 1
9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 60 +24.023 10  
10 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 60 +24.835 16  
11 10 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 60 +33.736 8  
12 4 Spain Marc Gené Williams-BMW 60 +34.303 11  
13 16 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Toyota 59 +1 Lap 12  
14 15 Austria Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 59 +1 Lap 13  
15 18 Germany Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 59 +1 Lap 15  
16 20 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 56 +4 Laps 18  
Ret 19 Italy Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 47 Spin 14  
Ret 7 Italy Jarno Trulli Renault 39 Suspension/Accident 5  
Ret 21 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 29 Engine 19  
Ret 17 France Olivier Panis Toyota 16 Fire Extinguisher 17  
Source:[8]

Championship standings after the race

See also

References

  1. ^ "2004 FORMULA 1 Foster's British Grand Prix - Race". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ F1 Racing. August 2004.
  3. ^ "Formula 1 comes to Regent Street". Evening Standard. 23 June 2004.
  4. ^ "F1 drivers burn rubber on London Streets". The Guardian. 7 July 2004.
  5. ^ "London event a success". www.motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 7 July 2004.
  6. ^ "London GP 'could happen'". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 6 July 2004.
  7. ^ "2004 British Grand Prix – Saturday Qualifying Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  8. ^ "2004 British Grand Prix – Race Results". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Britain 2004 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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